Re: today's Wash Post Business section

2006-12-20 Thread Robert E. Seastrom
Edward Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yeah, granted anyone looking for myspace might meet that demographic, > but how many neophytes would use Google for a "IP Who Is" "search"? > That's the listing I thought odd. There would be very few of them if it weren't for spam.

Re: today's Wash Post Business section

2006-12-20 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:48:06 -0500 Edward Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, granted anyone looking for myspace might meet that demographic, > but how many neophytes would use Google for a "IP Who Is" "search"? > That's the listing I thought odd. > Maybe it's a script written and run b

Re: today's Wash Post Business section

2006-12-20 Thread Edward Lewis
At 19:31 -0800 12/20/06, Thomas Leavitt wrote: Many people don't understand anything about how they access the Internet, they have a vague idea that they need to type a domain name into a box somewhere... so they type www.myspace.com into the Google search box, the result set pops up, and then t

Re: today's Wash Post Business section

2006-12-20 Thread Thomas Leavitt
Many people don't understand anything about how they access the Internet, they have a vague idea that they need to type a domain name into a box somewhere... so they type www.myspace.com into the Google search box, the result set pops up, and then they click on the first result to get to the

Fwd: [RAM] Routing & Addressing -- activities

2006-12-20 Thread Fergie
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just as an FYI, I think this is something Ops folks should be very interested in, and even actively participating in the discussion(s). - - ferg [snip] To: IETF Announcement list From: Leslie Daigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:58

Foundry MLX experience?

2006-12-20 Thread Robert Boyle
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Re: today's Wash Post Business section

2006-12-20 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:22:03 EST, "Robert E. Seastrom" said: > Well, the article talks about people using "myspace" as a search term, > when their goal is apparently to get to a web site. This seems to be > a case of the same thing. And people wonder why simple concepts like "net neutrality" conf

Re: today's Wash Post Business section

2006-12-20 Thread Robert E. Seastrom
Edward Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The #10 google search in the "Who Is" category (leading off with > Borat, Hezbollah, EU, hot, ...) is "IP Who Is". > > I'm not sure what to make of that. Has google replaced the whois client? Well, the article talks about people using "myspace" as a s

today's Wash Post Business section

2006-12-20 Thread Edward Lewis
Maybe OT, but surprising enough - On this link to a graphic printed in today's Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2006/12/20/GR200612289.html The #10 google search in the "Who Is" category (leading off with Borat, Hezbollah, EU, hot, ...) is "IP Who Is".